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A Garda is recovering in Cork University Hospital after a serious road accident involving a jeep and a patrol car in north Cork yesterday evening.

The officer was the sole occupant of a roads policing patrol car when it was in a collision with a jeep and trailer on a section of the N22 at the Four Mile Bridge near Lissarda, on the Cork side of Macroom at around 6pm last night.

The male Garda had to be cut from the damaged patrol car by the County Fire Service and taken by ambulance to CUH. His injuries are said to be not life-threatening. The driver of the jeep did not require hospital treatment but was treated by Emergency Services crew for shock.

The accident caused severe delays on the Cork-Macroom road which was closed for an extended period as crash-investigation experts conducted a forensic investigation. The road has since reopened.

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A garda spokesman said: "Gardaí at Macroom Co Cork are investigating a road traffic collision involving a Garda Roads Policing car and another vehicle at The Four Mile Bridge, Lissarda, Macroom, Co Cork at approximately 6pm.

"The Garda male driver and only occupant has been removed to Cork University Hospital for treatment (injuries not life threatening). "No other person was injured. Investigations are continuing."

Ambulance, Gardai and four units Four units of Cork County Fire Service. The Garda spokesperson added that an investigations into the incident are continuing.

The Four Mile Bridge has been a known accident black-spot in the locality. In September 2014, a Bantry man in his 40s was killed in an early morning crash at the bridge involving a car and a lorry.